doona
doo·na/ˈdu(ː)nə/noun, contraction
doona is spelled D-O-O-N-A: 5 letters and 2 syllables (doo·na). It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, doona means “A padded blanket used as a cover in bed; a duvet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of doona is doonas.
How many letters and syllables are in doona?
| Letters | 5: D-O-O-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: doo·na |
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 109,062nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is doona?
Doona appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce doona?
- /ˈdu(ː)nə/
- [ˈdʊunə]
- Australia /ˈdʉːnə/
Doona has 2 syllables, split doo·na in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Persent101-doona.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of doona
- doonas plural
- doonae
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does doona mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
AustraliaA padded blanket used as a cover in bed; a duvet.
contraction
- 1
Contraction of do + not, used by some American fiction authors to signify that a character has a Scottish accent, although the word does not exist in Scots or Scottish English.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Doona in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Padded blanket:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Bettdecke, Steppdecke, Deckbett |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does doona come from?
Originally a product name, derived from Danish dyne /dyːnə/. Trademark owned by the Tontine Group.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).